Friday, February 25, 2011

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: reviving old laptop with Linux

 



--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "michael r" <mjryg@...> wrote:
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>
> What distro would be best for a beginner to upgrade
> a compaq armada 1570? specs are P2 366 mhz, 4mg ati rage video card,
> 64 mgs system ram 24x cdrom ( broken but will replaced soon)
> I found some info on the web on upgrading it to a P3 with more
> ram for not too much money.
>
With 64MB RAM I believe you will be limited in what installers will run today. This article may be helpful for you to read:

http://www.linux.com/news/hardware/desktops/8248-linux-distros-for-older-hardware

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